Adult Stem Cells Aid Fracture Healing; UNC Study Lays Groundwork...

Size-specific cracking shakes
(DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Certain sizes of nanostructures may be more susceptible to failure by fracture than others.

Adult Stem Cells Activated In Mammalian Brain
Adult stem cells originate in a different part of the brain than is commonly believed, and with proper stimulation they can produce new brain cells...

Stem cell researchers give old muscle new pep
(University of California - Berkeley) When UC Berkeley bioengineers tweaked how adult stem cells reacted to biochemical signals regulating cell...

Bone Repair Using Patient's Stem Cells Comes Closer
Enzyme induces adult stem cells to grow bone. Until now it has been difficult to induce adult human stem cells to produce bone, e.g. in order to...

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules...

Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's...
The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another...

All Flesh Is Grass: Pleasures & Promises Of Pasture Farming
In All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming, Gene Logsdon explains that well-managed pastures are nutritious and...